Workers on roof get higher than planned: Brunswick Police Blotter

Drunken driver, Sleepy Hollow Road: Police responded to a call at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 from a resident who suspected roofers at a nearby home were intoxicated. The workers were leaving the home when the resident called police. Officers saw the driver of the Hinckley Roofing truck turn onto Rocklyn Drive and veer off the right side of the roadway. He was pulled over after turning onto Sleeping Hollow. The driver, a Medina man, smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, and failed field sobriety tests. He refused to take a breath test and was cited and released.

Truck crash, Rocklyn Drive: Police responded to a call of a truck stuck in a ditch at 7:49 p.m. Oct. 16 and found the driver staggering in the street while holding a tow rope attached to the front of his truck. The man had glassy eyes, slurred speech and a “strong odor of alcohol on his person.” He admitted to drinking five or six beers that night and was unable to perform field sobriety tests “due to his level of intoxication.” The man was cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failure to control.

Animal cruelty, Sleepy Hollow Road: A resident is facing cruelty-to-animals charges after police responded to a call at 10:50 p.m. Oct. 16 and found two emaciated dogs inside a car on the property. One of the dogs, as the caller had indicated, was found hanging by its neck from the car window. The animal control officer was able to free the dog and took both dogs to the animal control building. An official from the Medina County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals confirmed that the dogs needed immediate medical attention and the Brunswick officer released them to the SPCA’s care. The owner later contacted police inquiring about the dogs and was updated on their whereabouts and the potential criminal charges.

Hit-Skip, Center Road: A woman reported her car struck by another car at 4:53 p.m. Oct. 12 in the parking lot of Giant Eagle. The victim said the other driver entered the store after hitting her car. The man was later cited for hit-skip and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after police stopped him and he failed field sobriety and blood-alcohol breath tests.

Drunken driver, Center Road: A woman was cited for drunken driving at 1:53 a.m. Oct. 14. An officer saw the woman pull into a Rite Aid parking lot and thought her car might have broken down. Instead, the officer found the woman intoxicated. She said she was looking for the Urgent Care facility to treat an injured eye. The woman failed field sobriety and blood-alcohol breath tests.

Disorderly conduct, Pearl Road: A woman was cited for persistent disorderly conduct when police responded to a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Christie’s Cabaret at 12:39 a.m. Oct. 13. Officers found a woman inside the car smoking marijuana and cited her for drug abuse. The owner of the car then came out of the bar and began yelling obscenities and threatening officers. Both women were taken to the Brunswick Police station due to safety concerns as bar patrons had begun to gather outside the club.

Public intoxication, Pearl Road: Police cited a man seen stumbling in the tree lawn near St. Ambrose Church at 1:21 a.m. Oct. 13. The man was found to be intoxicated and was taken home by police after being cited.

Criminal damaging, Westchester Drive: A resident reported her mailbox smashed with a pumpkin some time between Oct. 12 and Oct. 13.

Warrant arrest, Samuel Drive: A man was arrested on a felony warrant out of Cuyahoga County at 8:26 a.m. Oct. 12. The man’s ex-girlfriend had reported that the man took her car without her permission and officers later found the man with the woman’s car.

Drug abuse, Center Road: An officer on patrol found a man passed out inside a car in the Giant Eagle parking lot at 9 p.m. Oct. 16. The man admitted to having two hypodermic needles and a bag of marijuana inside the car. He was cited for hypodermic needle and drug paraphernalia possession along with drug abuse. He was later released to a family member.

Drug use, Laurel Road: A woman was cited for smoking marijuana at 7:33 p.m. Oct. 15. A witness at the apartment complex called police to report smelling the odor of marijuana coming from the apartment. The police department’s K-9 was taken to the apartment and alerted to the marijuana. The woman admitted to smoking in the building and turned over the remaining marijuana to police.

Traffic violation, Pearl Road: Police cited a woman Oct. 17 for having illegally passed a school bus the morning before. The bus driver told police that the woman drove past the bus and into the Kinder Care parking lot while the bus was stopped, loading students, with its red stoplights deployed. Police questioned the woman after she dropped her child off at the day care center the next morning. She admitted to not stopping for the bus, stating that she normally does and must not have been paying attention.

Theft from autos, Pearl Road: Police reported three “smash and grab” cases at businesses along Pearl Road Oct. 15. In each case, car windows were smashed and in two of the three cases, purses and wallets were stolen from the cars.

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